Fadhil Al-Azzawi | |
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 Fadhil Al Azzawi (third from right) at the Worldwide Reading for Ashraf Fayadh on January 14, 2016 at Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin. | |
| Native name | فاضل العزاوي |
| Born | 1940 Kirkuk, Kingdom of Iraq (present-day Iraq) |
| Occupation | poet, writer, translator and journalist |
| Nationality | Iraqi |
| Education | BA (English Literature), Baghdad University, PhD (Leipzig University) |
Fadhil Al Azzawi (Arabic: فاضل العزاوي ; born 1940) is a prominent Iraqi poet and writer.[1] He has published ten volumes of poetry, six novels, three books of criticism and memoir, and several translations of German literary works. He participated in Iraq's avant-garde Sixties Generation, and his early controversial work was lauded with great enthusiasm.
- ^ "Fadhil Al-Azzawi author bio". Archived from the original on 2007-09-01. Retrieved 2007-08-30.